Barometric condenser.



n. N. EHRHABT. BAROMETRIG CONDENSER.

APPLICATION FlLED JAN. 16. I915.

Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

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WITNESSES H/S ATTORNEY IN FACT n, 1. a ,ih

AYM'ONID N. EHRHART, F EDGEWUOD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGl-NQR 1'0 WESTTNGHOUSE ELECTRIC 6t MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION 01? PENNSYLVANHL eaters.

BAROMETRIC COENEER.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented rat. a, rare.

Application filed January it, 191a. Serial to. area.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND "N. ERR-- HART, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof Edgewood, inthe county of Alle'gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have made a new and useful Invention in Bar,

ometric Condensers, of which the following isa specification.

This "invention relates to condensers and more particularly to barometric condensers. Condensers of the barometric type are ordina-rily supported by or mounted on the tail pipe, that is, the pipe through which the leaks in its joints.

mixture of condensing water and the water of condensation flows. Such an arrangement is liable to and does givetrouble in large size condensers, due to the expansion and contraction of the exhaust line or pipe through which thesteam to be condensed is delivered to the condensers. The exhaust line .or pipe up to the condenser is large and consequently rigid, and if the vacuum in the condenser drops the steam temperature in the exhaust'increases, but there will be no material increase in the temperature-of the water discharged through the tailpipe. The result is that the exhaust pipe W111 ex and and the amount of .its expansion wil be greater than that ofthe tail pipe, so that there will be a differential expansion between the two, which will either tearthe condenser loose [from its foundation, or start The object of this invention is to provide aparallel flow barometric condenser which overcomes dificulties now This and other objects, which will be made apparent throughout the further description,v

of the invention, are attained by means of a condensing tures herein described and illustrated in the single sheet drawing accompanying and forming-a part hereo In the drawings, I have illustrated in vertical section, a condenser embodying my' invention, portions being broken away for convenience'of illustration.

The condenser illustrated includes a casingfl, which is provided with a steam inlet port 3, amixture discharge port 4:, an air ofittake 5, and condensin jets 6. The jets 6 communicate with and re-- ceive condensingwater from a water chainber' 7 formed in the head casting 8 of the encountered.

apparatus embodying the tea water delivery condenser, and discharge the water downwardly through a mixing tube or cone 9, located within the condensing chamber 10 and between the jets 6 and the mixture discharge port 4. The chamber 7 is shown communieating with a pipe or passage 11, through which condensingi water from any suitable source is delivers As illustrated, the lower or dischargeend of the mixing cone 9 projects into a chamber 12, which is located within the condensing chamber 10, and around which a steam delivery passage 13, communicating with the exhaust port 3, extends. The walls of the 16 located between the lower end of the mix ing cone 9'and the wall of the chamber 12, and the rojecting end of the cone masks the inlet end of the passage 15.

he inlet port 3 of the condenseris located ,at the-. bottom' oft-he casing 2 and is preferab ly '"concentric with the cylindrical'wall of the casing. "Withthis arrangement steam .to be condensed Y entering the condenser through the port 3 travels upwardly through the annular passage 13, to the upper end of the mixing cone 9, where it is subjected to I the cooling efiect of the water discharged from'the jetsfi. In order to direct the flow of the steam into the mixing cone 9 and to avoid objectionable eddy currents, I have;

provided a directing plate 17 which, as illustrated, is in the form of a ring and is provvided on the lower side with a concave face and on the upper side with a convex face and lssecured to the top casting 8 by means of webs 18. The top casting is provided, at a point contiguous'witli the directing plate 17, with an annular directing face 19, which is concave and .face of, the plate 17 an annular'directing y thewebs 18. As illustrated,-the center of curvature of the convex face of the plate which forms with the convexv passage 21, which is divided into segments 1 His substantially coincident with the center of curvature of the concave face 19 and consequetly-the steam passage formed between these two faces has substantially parallel walls, and isso arranged that-the steam passing through it will be graduallyrreversed in the direction of its flow and is delivered into the converging cone with the condensing ivater discharged from the jets 6. The concave face of the plate 17 also operates to gradually reverse the direction of the flow of steam entering the mixing cone through the passage formed between the-plate and the upper edge of the cone and it directs the steam into the cone. With this arrangement the flow of steam and Water throughout the zone of condensation is parallel.

As illustrated, an exhaust pipe or header 522 communicates with the inlet port 3 and is provided with an elbow foot 23 on which the condenser is mounted. With this arrangement, the condenser is free to move as the exhaust pipe or header expands and contracts, since the tail pipe swings free from the mixture discharging port 4 and there is no possibility of damaging the condenser by reason of the expansion and contraction of the exhaust pipe.

While I have illustrated and described but one embodiment of my invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, substitutions, changes, additions and omissions may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as set forth by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A parallel flow barometric condenser having a steam inlet at one end thereof, a Water inlet at the other end, amcxhaust pipe communicating with the steam inlet" and on which the condenser is mounted, =means located within the condenser for. delivering steam from the inlet around the water delivery passages of the condenser to the water inlet end of the condenser, and a tail pipe communicating with a discharge port of the condenser and suspended from the condenser. V

2. A parallel flow barometric condenser supported onthe steam inlet pipe and hav .ing a port communicating with said pipe, a

water inlet located near the top of the condenser, a water discharge port located near the bottom of, the condenser, an air off-take port located between the water discharge and the water inlet port, and a passage located within the condenser for conveying steam from'the steam inlet around the water and air passages of the condenser and to the water inlet end of the condenser.

3. A parallel flcrwbarometric condenser supported on. the steam inlet pipe and havlng a port communicating with said pipe, a water inlet located near the top of the con denser, a water discharge port located near the bottom of the condenser, and an air offtake port located between the water disand a passage located within the condenser and communicating with the steam inlet port for delivering steam entering the port around the water passage of the condenser to the Water inlet end of the condenser.

4. A parallel flow barometric condenser having a steam inlet port near the lower end thereof, a water inlet near the upper end thereof, .a water discharge port and a passage for'med within the condenser and communicating with the steam inlet for conveying steam entering the steam inlet around the water passage of the condenser and to the water inlet end of the condenser.

5. A parallel flow barometric condenser mounted on the steam delivery pipe and having a port near the lower end communicating with the pipe, a water inlet near the upper end of the condenser, a discharge chamber located within the condenser receiving water from the water inlet and having a discharge port communicating therewith, and means within the condenser for directing the steam entering the steam inlet port into the-discharge chamber with the water.

6. A parallel flow barometric condenser mounted on the steam delivery pipe and having a port near the lower end communicating with the pipe, a water inlet near the upper end of the condenser, a discharge chamber located within the condenser and:

having. a discharge port communicating therewith, a steam delivery passage coinmumcating with the steam inlet portland extending upwardly through the condenser past the discharge chamber, and means for reversing the flow of steam traversing said passage and for directing the steam into the line of flow of condensing watei within the condenser. 1

7. A barometric condenserahaving a steam inlet port near the lower end thereof, a con- "densin water inlet located near the top of the condenser, a mixin cone through which the condensing water is delii cred communieating with a water discharge port of the condenser, and a steam passage within the condenser communicating with the steam in-,

let Port andwith the upper end of the cone.

8. pariellel flow barometric condenser, comprising a casing having a steam inlet port near the lower end thereof, a water inlet near thei'uppcr end thereof and a wr discharire p'ort near the steam inlet port, a mixing con, receiving wziter from the water inlet, a collecting chamber communicating with the water discharge port and receiving water discharged from said cone. and a steam delivery passage formed withinthe casing for conveying steam entering the steam inlet port around the collecting chamber and the located within the casing for weenie delivering cone and for delivering the steam so conveyed into the water inlet end of the cone with the water.

9. A barometric condenser comprising a with the discharge port, a steam passage between the steam inlet port and the inlet end of the mixing tube passing upwardly through the condenser, and deflecting means located near the top of the condenser for reversing the flow of steam traversing said passages and tor directing it into said tube.

' 10. A barometric condenser comprising a casing having a steam inlet near the lower end thereof, a water inlet near the upper end thereof, and a discharge port 'near the lower end thereof, and means within the easing for directing the How of steam entering thesteam inlet in a direction substantially parallel to the flow of condenser 11. A parallel flow barometric condenser chamber located within the condenser and water through the having a discharge port communicating therewith, a steam delivery passage communicating with the steam inlet port and extending upwardly through the condenser past the discharge chamber, a deflector for reversing the flow of steam traversing said passage and for deliverin the steam into the line of flow of condensin water Within the condenser, and an air o take communicating with the discharge chamber.

12. A parallel flow barometric condenser comprising a casing, having a steam inlet port near the lower end thereof, a water inlet near the upper end, a water discharge port and an air ofitake port, a mixing cone within the casing receiving water from the water inlet, a collecting chamber cOInmuni eating with the discharge port and with the delivery end of the cone, a passage .eommu nicating with the air ofi'take port and the collecting chamber, and a passe e formed within the casing for conveying steam enterin the steam inlet around the collecting chain er and the mixing cone and for delivering the steam so conveyed into the Water inlet end of the cone with the water.

- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 13th day of January, 1915.

RAYMOND N. EHRHAR'L I Witnesses:

E. W. MeCAmsTnR, C. W. MGGHEE,

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